August 2015

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The Family Farm is Alive and Well in the Virginia Mountains

For more than 100 years, the Saunders family of Nelson County has kept a way of life alive.
The new Kingsport, TN carousel took about 60,000 man-hours to create, involving more than 300 volunteers.

Kingsport Community Creates Carousel

The Kingsport community worked for 6 years on this intricate project.
The last poled ferry in the nation operated for about 140 years at Scottsville, VA. The re-created flat-bottomed wooden ferry was made from 19th-century materials.

Crossing ‘America’s River’ the Old-Fashioned Way

The Albemarle Historical Society is part-museum, part living-history exhibit.
One focus of the Luray, Virginia's train depot model is education.

Model Trains Celebrate Tracks through Virginia Mountains

Learn more about Luray, Virginia's newly opened train museum.
Shane Simmons, right, stands with John VanArsdall.

Heritage in the Digital Age

Learn more about The Appalachian Project here.

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Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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